10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «EYEABLE»
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
EYEABLE, ad'. Chs. Stf. Not. Lin. Rut. Lei. Nhp. War. Wor. Shr. df. Cor. Also
written eyable Chs. *' Rut.1 Lei.' War.' Bdf. ; and in form oyable. [ai'eb1, oi'abl.]
Pleasing or agreeable to the e e, sightly. Chs. ; Chs.8 Th garden is more eyable t
an it ...
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Rust. (1681) ; MAYER Splsnmn's Dll'l'd. (l84 5) 77.] [Eye [of pheasants], the whole
brood of young ones, the same as covey in partridges, COLES (1677); so E. K.
Gloss. Sprnsa's K111. (1579) Apr. 118.] EYE, see Aye, adv." EYEABLE, adj.
Eyeable, adj. Pleasing to the eye ; sightly. Staff, W. Wore., Shrop. Eyepiece, (i)
v. a. To scrutinize. 'Just eyepiece this sewing over, and see if the stitching's done
well.' (2) sb. That portion of a slaughtered pig's head which contains the orbit.
Eyes ...
English Dialect Society,
1896
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A glossary of words used in the wapentakes of Manley and ...
EYEABLE, adj. — Pleasant to look upon, sightly. " Ther's a many things that's
cyeable, but is n't tryable, or buyable ; but theiise things is eycable, an' tryable, an'
buyable an' all," said by a man selling ready-made clothes at Brigg Market, 1876.
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Rustic Speech and Folk-lore
In a messenger sent is required . . . that he be speedy, that he be heedy, and, as
we say, that he be deedy,' Adams, Lycan- thropy, 1615 ; eyeable (Chs. n.Midl.
Midl. Cor.), pleasing to the eye, sightly, as the man who was selling ready-made ...
Elizabeth Mary Wright,
1913
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A DICTIONARY OF THE SUSSEX DIALECT AND COLLECTION OF ...
Eyeable, adj. pleasant to look upon, sightly. ' There 's a many things that's
eyeable but isnt tryablo or buyable ; but these things is eyeable an' tryable an'
buyable, an' all,' said by a man soiling ready-made clothes in Brigg Market-place,
1876.
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Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall
E-ver, a grass ; evergreen rye. " Haver, so called in Paul parish, is the darnel
principally found in red wheat." H. B. C. Every one week, phr. every other week. "
There's a collection at our chapel every one week." Ewet, Ebbet, a newt. Eyeable
...
Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch,
1880
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Leicestershire words, phrases, and proverbs
EYEABLE, a. Pleasing to the eye : ' more eyeable, loike.' FAD, s. Fancy, whim. ' Its
all a fad.' FADDY, a. ' Finicking,' particular. ' He's a very faddy man :' not 'finical,' in
the sense of 'foppish.' Also, fanciful. FADDLE, v. To indulge and humour ...
Arthur Benoni Evans,
1848
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Randigal rhymes and a glossary of Cornish words
Evil. A stable-fork with several prongs. " A five-pronged evil." Evil. A kind of
gathering. Evit, Ebbat. A newt. Eyeable. Presentable. " That's not very eyeable." F
Faddy. A rejoicing, a merry making. Fadgy. Faded, soiled. Faggied. Devised,
planned.
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Original Glossaries: XXIII. Isle of Wight Words, by Henry ...
Owd Jack Maund now, 'e's the right sart av cobbler; 'e take a dill 0' paayns wi' 'is
wark, 'tis allus eyeable, and summat like.' Fad, (1) n. whim; fancy. (2) v. to be busy
about trifles. See Wedgwood. (1) 'What are those railings for, John?' 'Oh, 'tis ...
English Dialect Society, Walter William Skeat,
1881